NEWS RELEASES 2000-01

NEWS RELEASES 2000-01 :: AUGUST 29, 2000

MEAN SAT SCORES FOR NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1999 AND 2000

	1999					2000
School System	Number Tested	Percent Tested	Math Score	Verbal Score	Total Score	Number Tested	Percent Tested	Math Score	Verbal Score	Total Score
United States Total	1,220,130	43.0	511	505	1016	1,260,278	44.0	514	505	1019
North Carolina Total	41,209	61.0	493	493	986	43,077	64.0	496	492	988
Alamance County	593	65.5	485	478	963	671	67.1	489	478	967
River Mill Charter						7	100.0	466	493	959
Alexander County	125	47.5	469	463	932	127	44.1	472	460	932
Alleghany County	56	58.9	478	479	957	48	55.8	479	481	960
Anson County	94	41.6	447	424	871	95	40.9	448	439	887
Ashe County	104	53.3	487	491	978	105	60.0	496	500	996
Avery County	70	54.3	504	507	1011	81	58.7	519	488	1007
Beaufort County	159	46.6	486	493	979	206	56.3	479	482	961
Bertie County	115	53.5	430	412	842	137	57.8	411	399	810
Bladen County	178	56.7	427	434	861	165	56.7	442	432	874
Brunswick County	216	47.4	474	477	951	215	48.0	482	483	965
Bun-combe County	743	55.7	529	527	1056	825	60.5	532	527	1059
Asheville	165	77.8	525	544	1069	174	74.4	517	521	1038
Burke County	299	46.6	491	492	983	313	51.3	495	488	983
Cabarrus County	568	62.8	506	497	1003	668	65.0	512	501	1013
Kan-napolis	83	59.3	467	480	947	82	50.9	454	456	910
Caldwell County	193	35.4	494	495	989	236	38.3	503	498	1001
Camden County	60	66.7	480	489	969	46	59.0	499	478	977
Carteret County	301	67.8	481	482	963	296	67.6	495	499	994
Caswell County	76	55.9	418	418	836	86	50.3	430	438	868
Catawba County	437	55.9	509	483	992	423	51.5	518	492	1010
Hickory	158	81.0	526	508	1034	148	81.8	534	524	1058
Newton-Conover	94	56.6	508	498	1006	81	55.9	525	511	1036
Chatham County	169	62.4	469	486	955	205	64.7	494	489	983
Woods Charter	10	76.9	497	504	1001	4	57.1	*	*	*
Cherokee County	98	51.3	500	497	997	118	57.0	501	515	1016
Chowan County	73	49.0	467	487	954	62	41.1	478	493	971
Clay County	37	41.6	519	514	1033	42	62.7	519	513	1032
Cleveland County	200	50.6	480	479	959	218	52.7	479	476	955
Kings Mountain District	113	57.7	473	464	937	111	52.6	469	460	929
Shelby	110	68.3	489	478	967	103	68.7	505	502	1007
Columbus County	145	39.4	451	447	898	165	39.7	437	435	872
Whiteville	91	79.8	441	452	893	96	71.1	441	453	894
Craven County	426	64.4	479	488	967	425	65.8	484	487	971
Cumber-land County	1,185	49.6	467	484	951	1,322	50.9	475	485	960
Currituck County	64	47.1	477	485	962	66	44.0	490	477	967
Dare County	159	78.7	519	515	1034	178	76.7	497	497	994
Davidson County	531	57.5	483	496	979	540	58.4	489	489	978
Lexington	56	45.9	476	498	974	65	45.8	470	486	956
Thomas-ville	66	69.5	440	470	910	37	43.0	438	432	870
Davie County	131	55.7	526	513	1039	172	61.6	503	499	1002
Duplin County	241	59.1	449	443	892	246	60.3	439	439	878
Durham County	1,006	80.3	494	496	990	956	75.5	500	494	994
Edge-combe County	160	43.4	449	451	900	167	45.3	448	454	902
Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County	1,510	69.7	496	497	993	1,508	68.9	502	501	1003
Franklin County	148	46.8	487	491	978	167	45.0	477	483	960
Gaston County	793	56.8	473	490	963	840	55.6	475	474	949
Gates County	51	57.3	459	452	911	71	68.9	440	462	902
Graham County	30	50.8	472	491	963	43	59.7	519	461	980
Granville County	179	45.8	499	496	995	144	45.1	487	484	971
Greene County	60	39.5	454	456	910	71	45.5	454	460	914
Greens-boro Math and Science Ctr	4	NA	*	*	*	7	NA	414	484	898
Guilford County	2,253	72.2	498	494	992	2,309	73.8	504	495	999
Halifax County	155	42.9	355	359	714	146	49.2	383	377	760
Roanoke Rapids	86	49.7	480	482	962	94	54.7	495	485	980
Weldon	27	52.9	364	380	744	37	53.6	356	368	724
Harnett County	255	41.0	499	498	997	314	47.4	479	481	960
Haywood County	248	58.4	509	502	1011	207	52.3	510	499	1009
Hen-derson County	435	72.1	514	514	1028	404	63.8	520	518	1038
Hertford County	109	47.2	374	399	773	116	49.4	378	392	770
Hoke County	114	43.5	410	433	843	100	40.2	427	427	854
Hyde County	30	56.6	461	475	936	22	51.2	438	473	911
Iredell County	356	46.8	507	499	1006	385	48.5	502	493	995
Moores-ville	126	62.7	517	494	1011	135	61.1	528	526	1054
Jackson County	127	77.9	500	496	996	128	66.7	498	497	995
Johnston County	428	51.7	470	470	940	472	53.0	492	478	970
Jones County	38	44.7	439	446	885	49	54.4	404	430	834
Lee County	229	56.1	487	482	969	232	51.8	495	468	963
Lenoir County	279	60.8	473	471	944	264	60.0	479	471	950
Lincoln County	290	54.4	490	483	973	315	52.8	472	469	941
Macon County	153	69.5	497	492	989	149	66.8	505	492	997
Madison County	51	40.8	519	505	1024	65	52.4	472	492	964
Martin County	153	59.3	437	445	882	173	59.9	444	438	882
McDowell County	139	46.0	506	505	1011	165	45.7	507	495	1002
Charlotte-Meck-lenburg County	3,444	71.2	494	491	985	3,569	71.9	497	492	989
Mitchell County	66	43.1	487	490	977	61	45.2	504	513	1017
Mont-gomery County	78	36.4	472	467	939	85	36.8	467	464	931
Moore County	302	54.6	471	483	954	332	54.6	495	495	990
Nash-Rocky Mount	463	50.3	475	475	950	442	51.6	482	475	957
NC School of Science and Math	275	NA	678	655	1333	245	NA	671	649	1320
NC School of the Arts	98	NA	526	569	1095	88	NA	536	581	1117
New Hanover County	781	65.8	504	509	1013	809	66.4	504	503	1007
Nort-hampton County	126	60.3	395	403	798	102	51.5	396	402	798
Onslow County	553	51.9	497	495	992	594	53.5	492	483	975
Orange County	216	74.2	502	504	1006	218	71.2	501	493	994
Chapel Hill	468	96.1	584	576	1160	460	90.6	592	583	1175
New Century Charter						8	53.3	575	545	1120
Pamlico County	61	55.0	492	479	971	54	39.4	489	492	981
Pasquo-tank County	169	67.3	453	454	907	164	62.6	443	450	893
Pender County	156	50.2	470	475	945	180	54.2	462	474	936
Per-quimans County	46	44.7	438	425	863	54	50.5	443	460	903
Person County	164	56.9	474	469	943	155	57.4	470	471	941
Pitt County	607	61.9	493	490	983	656	63.6	508	494	1002
Right Step Academy	1	12.5	*	*	*	2	14.3	*	*	*
Polk County	52	45.6	494	491	985	59	50.4	479	494	973
Randolph County	342	45.9	486	482	968	304	41.8	493	486	979
Asheboro	142	73.6	488	480	968	132	70.2	517	500	1017
Rich-mond County	206	53.0	451	453	904	196	50.6	448	443	891
Robeson County	452	45.8	434	436	870	469	44.3	431	427	858
Rocking-ham County	350	54.9	479	477	956	386	56.0	487	479	966
Rowan County	466	49.3	487	481	968	509	47.6	494	492	986
Ruther-ford County	264	51.3	461	474	935	275	52.2	476	472	948
Sampson County	181	48.7	429	434	863	192	50.4	432	440	872
Clinton	106	64.2	452	428	880	123	71.9	454	441	895
Scotland County	224	64.9	433	436	869	201	64.0	463	445	908
Laurin-burg Charter						3	13.6	*	*	*
Stanly County	317	58.0	479	459	938	380	63.0	486	461	947
Stokes County	168	57.3	491	489	980	125	37.3	483	473	956
Surry County	170	48.2	475	486	961	157	43.7	492	486	978
Elkin	51	63.0	507	502	1009	43	59.7	506	501	1007
Mount Airy	57	67.9	498	486	984	58	52.3	522	509	1031
Swain County	56	68.3	492	509	1001	54	56.3	486	501	987
Tran-sylvania County	138	66.0	507	513	1020	154	64.2	496	508	1004
Tyrrell County	35	51.5	450	458	908	27	50.9	457	453	910
Union County	614	63.4	488	497	985	663	65.5	492	499	991
Vance County	144	50.3	425	429	854	164	57.1	427	431	858
Wake County	3,496	76.6	537	522	1059	3,860	77.9	539	522	1061
Quest Academy						2	100.0	*	*	*
Warren County	82	69.5	426	448	874	79	61.7	440	446	886
Washing-ton County	95	57.9	405	411	816	103	59.9	415	421	836
Watauga County	237	80.1	527	528	1055	224	71.3	530	524	1054
Wayne County	525	50.8	472	478	950	539	51.0	467	466	933
Wilkes County	250	51.9	502	512	1014	236	50.3	502	489	991
Wilson County	298	52.2	482	470	952	310	51.0	474	469	943
Yadkin County	156	58.6	462	479	941	156	48.6	469	467	936
Yancey County	72	48.0	477	511	988	64	44.4	518	508	1026

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